The chatbot matters less than the brief. Start with the person, add budget and timing, say what to avoid, then ask for genuinely different directions.
Fill in what you know. Leave the rest blank.
You do not need prompt-engineering jargon. You need useful recipient clues and real constraints.
I need gift ideas for someone I know really well. Use the person details I give you to suggest 8 genuinely different directions, not variations of one hobby. Explain briefly why each direction fits. Avoid repeating categories I have already given.
Tip: include the little things they complain about. Those are often better clues than hobbies.I need a gift for someone I do not know very well. Keep the ideas useful, socially appropriate and low pressure. Ask me up to 3 questions that would materially change the answer before suggesting anything too personal.
Tip: low social pressure is usually better than forced personalization.I need gift ideas for someone who already owns most obvious things. Prioritize experiences, upgrades, consumables, services and useful replacements over novelty clutter. Ask what they already own if that would change the answer.
Tip: “what would improve a normal week?” is often a better question than “what else can I buy?”I need a birthday gift by tomorrow. Only suggest ideas I could realistically get locally, digitally or instantly. Keep the person-specific details below in mind and flag anything that still depends on availability.
Tip: the deadline is part of the gift brief.My gift budget is [amount]. Treat the budget as a real limit. Give me thoughtful ideas that stay inside it, and explain why each one fits the person rather than why it is cheap.
Tip: lower budget should make the idea more realistic, not more generic.I need Christmas gift ideas for several people. Keep each person separate, respect each individual budget, and give me three different directions per person. Do not flatten everyone into one generic Christmas list.
Tip: one total budget is useful, but each recipient still needs their own brief.Prioritize experience gifts that fit this person's real interests, schedule and comfort level. Avoid experiences that create hidden work, pressure or a commitment they did not ask for.
Tip: “they already do this” is safer than “I planned their whole Saturday.”Give me gift directions across clearly different categories. Do not give me mugs, candles or generic personalized merchandise unless the person details genuinely support them. Explain what clue each idea uses.
Tip: do not ban a category just because it is common. Ban it when it does not fit the person.
Set their dates, get reminders and keep a gift list in Giftin so next time starts with context already saved.